Reversible fabric



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REVERS IBLE FABRIC Filgd Oct. 8, 1941 1 N V ENTOR.

I GEORGE H. KHOUR).

ATTOKNEY.

Patented Apr. 13, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE REVERSIBLE FABRICGeorge H. Khoury, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application October 8, 1941, Serial No. 414,118

1' Claim.

This invention relates to fabrics, and more particularly to a reversiblefabric, the outer faces of which differ, and the invention in part consists in the method of'producing the said fabric.

It is the principal object of the present invention to produce areversible material which, although it consists of two layers, the twolayers are so entwined during the process of weaving as to formvirtually one piece of material.

A further feature of'this invention lies in the provision of areversible fabric, the outer faces of which may be of different colors,the weaving of the fabric being such that the color of the one side willnot be even slightly visible on the other side.

Another purpose of the present invention re .sides in the method ofproducing a reversible fabric, the fabric consisting of a bottom layerand a top layer, and means for so entwining the two layers as to producea unitary fabric.

Yet another advantage of the present invention resides in the process ofmanufacturing a reversible fabric, the said fabric adapted to be madeinto a garment, and each of the two sides of the fabric made ofdifferent materials to serve different purposes. One of the sides orfaces may be made of waterproof material and the other of awind-resisting material.

These and other advantageous objects are achieved by the novel method ofweaving the fabric, as illustrated diagrammatically in the accompanyingdrawing, forming a material component of this disclosure, and in which:

Figure l is a diagrammatic plan view of a fabric, woven in accordancewith the present invention, part of the top layer being broken away toshow the construction of the bottom layer.

Figure 2 is an end view of the fabric illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view taken on line 3 of Figure 1 and drawn toan enlarged scale.

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view taken on line 4 of Figure 1 and drawn toan enlarged scale.

Figure5 is a diagrammatic view taken on line 5 of Figure 1 and drawn toan enlarged scale:

Referring in greater detail to the drawing, the numeral l5 designates ingeneral a finished piece of reversible fabric produced in accordancewith the present invention. Cloth l5 consists of a ground fabric [6,here illustrated as being of a fine material, and top fabric l'lillustrated in the drawing as being composed of a plurality of threads Ila of a material such as wool. The ground fabric l6 comprises a seriesof vertical threads I 8, said threads commonly referred to vas weftthreads, and a plurality of horizontal threads l9 commonly referred toas warp threads, the weft threads and warp threads being closelyinterwoven to form the said ground fabric.

The ground weft threads are divided into groups of three, as isindicated in the drawing at l9a, I91) and Ne, and the top warp threadsI! are also divided into groups of three.

When weaving the fabric herein referred to, it will be apparent thatboth layers are woven at the same time. In order to thoroughly jointhem, so as to render them virtually one unitary piece of material, thefirst weft thread of each group is raised from the ground fabric andlooped about the first face warp thread of each group thereof, thesecond Weft thread of each group is raised from the ground fabric andlooped about the second face warp thread of each group thereof, and thethird weft thread of each group is likewise raised from the groundfabric and looped about the third face warp thread in each groupthereof. This process is continued until a fabric of a predeterminedsize has been produced, but the ratio may vary if desired, resulting inthe manufacture of a reversible fabric the face warp threads of whichare bound to the ground fabric without being visible therethrough.

The fabric herein referred to lends itself to a great many uses. It maybe made into a piece of wearing apparel, such as a skirt, the reversiblefeature of which would produce substantially two separate skirts.

If it is found desirable, the material can be woven into rugs, carpetsand other such articles, but its preferred use is in connection with themanufacture of wearing apparel.

There has here been described a unitary re versible fabric and the bestknown method of its manufacture. It is to be clearly understood however,that this disclosure is to be regarded as illustrative and descriptiveand not as restrictive or limitative to the exact details shown, and applicant reserves the right to make such changes therein as come withinthe scope of the appended claims, without departure from the spirit ofthis invention. The changes applicant has particularly in mind relate tothe different kinds of fabric which can be combined to produce thedesired result.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto secure by Letters Patent, is:

A uniformly woven double faced fabric con sisting essentially of groundwarp threads and waterproof ground weft threads closely interwoven toform a ground fabric, and soft face warp threads of a size much largerthan the sizes of the ground threads, the weft threads being dividedinto groups of three consecutive wefts, the face warp threads beingdivided into groups of three, the first weft thread of each group beingraised from the ground fabric and looped about the first face warpthread of each group thereof, the second Weft thread of each grouplikewise being raised from the ground fabric and looped about the secondface warp thread of each group thereof, and the third Weft thread ofeach group being raised from the ground fabric and looped about thethird face warp thread thereof, whereby the face warp threads are boundto the ground fabric without being visible therethrough to form areversible fabric.

GEORGE H. KHOURY.

